Naval, military, and other metallic badge



C. F. GAUNT.

NAVAL, MlLITARY, AND OTHER METALLIC BADGE. APPLICATION min DEC. 4. 1919.

1,353,228. PatntedSept. 21,1920.

' Charles F. G unb per RH' Pney UNITED srriss- ATENT cries;

CHARLES FLGAUNT, 0F BiRMINGI-IAMQENGLAND.

NAVAL, MILITARY, AND OTHER. META-LL10 BADGE,

tallic badges have been usually so designed that one part of the designmust touch the adjacent part or parts of the same design so as therebyto hold the various parts of the design together and the cloth to whichthe badge is fixed does not show between the' various parts of. thedesign. For in-;.

stance in the case of a design consisting of a shleld surmounted by acrown and partly encircled by a wreath, such shield and wreath and crownwouldrbe made as one metal stamping but in close contact with oneanother and the cloth on which the badge is mounted would not showbetween the said shield and wreath and crown which would all appear asone: piece of metal.

In the case of embroidered badges however the various parts of thedesign can easily be worked so as to'be separated from one another withthe black or other cloth showing between them.

Metalli badges have also heretofore been made in which the various partsforming the complete badge have been made separately of one another andthen fixed at the proper distance apart on to acloth covered back platebut this is comparatively tedious and expensive particularly when thesebadges are made in four or five separate pieces as each piece has to bemounted separately and at a correct distance from, and in the correctposition relatively to the other pieces. The object of my invention isto so manu facture metallic badges that the various parts of theedesignwill form one piece but so constructed and arranged that theblack. or other material on which the badge *is' mounted, or materialcorresponding in color with that on which the badge is mounted,

will show betweenthe various parts or devices-of the design which willin fact appear to be made and fixed to the cloth back separately fromone another.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, Ap1 )1ication filedDecember 4, i919. Serial No. 342,522.

According to this invention the various parts of the design of ametallic badge for instance as a central shield part and a wreath partlyencircling the same and a crown surmounting the same, are designed so asto be at a short distance apart from one another and these are connectedtogether by any suitable number of small cross bars forming necks orbridges which are stamped or otherwise formed'in a piece with the, vavrious parts of the design or are soldered or otherwise fixed thereto andthese cross bars or bridges are covered with cloth or braidorsewing'silk or any other suitable material corresponding with the clothback to which the bridge is, or is to befixed, so

that when the badge is fixed on the said cloth back or cloth coveredback plate the various parts of the designappear to be entirelyseparated from one another as the cloth, orrthe material of the samecolor' as the cloth, shows between the various parts which donot appeartov be in any way connected together. v r

F or full comprehension however .of my invention reference must behadtothe accompanying drawings in which similar ref- Y erence' charactersindicate the same parts and wherein:

Figure 1 is. a front elevation ofthe me tallio part of ainaval badgeformed of various devices; connected together by integral small crossbars in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesa me badge with these *cross barscamouflaged and the whole badge mounted on its" cloth back so that thevarious parts or devices forming the. badge appear to be distinct.

from one another.

The badge shown'on mydrawingsis of well'known design and'comprises theshield of bearing the anchor h, the shield being surrounded by thewreath 0 and surmounted by the crown d. V v

As will be seen by Fig. 1, these various devices o,:b, c and daresituated at a short distance from one another and the shield a andwreath c are connected together by the small cross bars-1, two ofawhichiare'on one side of the shield and twoon the other side 1 of thesame and the shield isalsolconnected to the crown (Z by, a crossbar2;the crown isconnected to the ends of the wreath c'by cross bars 3, alsothe anchor bis connected to the interior of the frame of the shield atby the three cross bars 4:. The various devices a, b, c and d-and-theircross bars are stamped or otherwise formed together in one piece ofmetal as shown in Fig. 1. If desired however the shield, anchor, wreathand crown be made separately from one another and connected together bythe crossbars 1, 2, 3, 4 being soldered or otherwise fixed thereto asshown. Or cross bars may be otherwise arranged. Before the badge Fig. lis mounted on its cloth back a as in Fig. 2 the cross bars 1, 2, 8, arecovcred-as aforesaid by sewing silk or other suitable material to matchthe cloth back 6 being wrapped around them so that when the badge ismounted on the cloth back as in Fig. Qthe cross bars are not visibleunless the badge is examined very minutely. As the interior of theshield frame'is filled in with red plush f the cross bars e whichconnect the anchor to the frame of the shield are covered with redsewing silk or other material wrapped around them so that the cross barswill not show'against the red plush when the badge is mounted "on itscloth back as aforesaid. Before being thus mounted a piece of bluevelvet g is introduced at the back of the crown to show above the top ofthe same and through the perforations of the same as in Fig. 2.

The'covering of the said bridges or cross bars 1, 2, 3 and 4 can beeffected 111 any other suitable manner than by being covered with sewingsilk, for instance each of the bridges or cross bars may be covered witha narrow piece. ofcloth or braid wound around the cross bar or'suchcloth or braid or other suitable material may cover only the frontof'the cross bar orbridge and can pass through holes in the cloth backor cloth covered back-plate 72 tobe fixed by sewing, cementing or othermeans. Or the cloth or other material covering the bridges or cross barscan be sewn or otherwise fixed to them so asto cover them as aforesaid.

Moreover if desired the covering. of the cross bars can be effected atthe same time,

that thebadgeis-fixed on to its cloth back which'is done by sewing silkor. suitable material which is .sewed through the cloth back or otherback and over the cross bar and so on IOlllld and round until the crossbar is properly covered, the covering in this case assisting also toattach the badge to the cloth back. A

.Or instead of-simultaneously sewing the badge on to the cloth mount andcovering the cross bars by the sewing silk or other material asaforesaid, the badge atthe cross bars can be tied through the cloth andback plate of the badge by a piece of narrow cloth or other suitablematerial passing through two holes in the cloth and in the back plate ata short distance apart corresponding with the sides of the neck, thestrip of cloth or other material covering the cross bars being drawnthrough and tied tightly 'or otherwise secured to the back of the backplate. 1

It is preferred however for the cross bars to be covered withsewing silkor the like as aforesaid before the badge is fixed to its cloth back andthis fixing is preferably effected by the badge being furnished withupwardly projecting eyelet like parts which pass through holes in thecloth mount and in'the stamped sheet metal back plate (not shown on ourdrawings) over which the endsof'the eyelets are spread so as to thussecure the badge and the cloth back and be similarly applied tometallic-badges of other designs. I

.Vhat I claim is as follows:

1. The combination with a backing, of a metallic badge adapted to bemounted upon said backing" and means covering parts of said badge andharmonizing in color with said backing whereby the visible parts of thebadge appear disassociated from one another. l 2. The combinationf'witha backing, of a metallic badge adapted to be mounted upon said backing,said badge'consisting of a plurality of devices, bars connecting saiddevices together, and a covering for each of said bars and-harmonizingwith said backing whereby the devices appear disassociated from oneanother.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two witnesses f 'oHARLEs F. GAUNT.

WVitnesses: v

GoRnoN -O. CooKE, -WILLIAM. J. vO. .HEWETSON.

